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#1 Postby Brent » Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:55 pm

Any recon scheduled to go into Frances yet? It's going to cross 50W tomorrow which is as far as recon goes.
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#2 Postby PurdueWx80 » Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:58 pm

Frances isn't threatening land and won't come close to the islands for a couple of days. The recon outlook for this morning says negative requirement tomorrow. I think the earliest they would do it is Saturday.
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#3 Postby cycloneye » Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:00 pm

They will wait until it gets to 55w where generally they start to fly missions.
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#4 Postby Stratosphere747 » Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:01 pm

I would think that if Frances is gaining strength as fast as it seems to be that the would get a recon in there as soon as it was within range...weather it is a threat to land or not...Just to get information....
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#5 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:05 pm

Last year immediately after Isabel crossed the 55W Longitude a RECON was investigating the system, so I think is very possible they will send an airplane to investigate the system around Sunday. After all, it's a good idea because then we know exactly what strengh Frances has and not by estimating.
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#6 Postby Brent » Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:07 pm

Recon went into Fabian at 56 W and Isabel at 58 W last year. That's where they were when the planes arrived.

Fabian: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2003/pu ... .019.shtml?

Isabel: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2003/pu ... .027.shtml?
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#7 Postby Stormsfury » Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:32 pm

The reason they have to wait until it crosses the 55ºW benchmark is for "fuel requirements" to fly a mission ...

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